Archives - 14 September 2011, Wednesday

A rattling good laugh with friends will help you deal with pain thanks to opiate-like chemicals that flood the brain, according to a British study released on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: AP PARIS (AFP) - A rattling good laugh with friends will help you deal with pain thanks to opiate-like ch...

SINGAPORE : Companies in Asia are increasingly turning to social media to engage their customers. But experts said that while Facebook and Twitter are good marketing tools, it is important to develop a well-thought strategy to handle crises. Singapore Airlines (SIA) has jumped on the ...

SINGAPORE: Wildlife Reserves Singapore has decided to cancel its popular "Halloween Horrors" event at the Night Safari. Students from Singapore Polytechnic, who've spent seven months organising "Halloween Horrors", said the abrupt cancellation of the annual event was unexpected. They ...

Woman seen changing her clothes on the train in Shanghai. (Screenshot from video) Photos and videos of Shanghainese women undressing and changing their clothes on the train have surfaced on the Internet. On 22 August, a netizen caused a stir after uploading photos and videos of a girl...

Congratulations on purchasing your 2011 FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX tickets! Not only are you one step closer to witnessing the thrilling night race spectacle, you now also have the opportunity to get up close and personal to meet and greet your favourite artistes during th...

SINGAPORE - Fresh graduates salaries are showing an upward trend this year. The Fresh Graduate Pay Survey by global management consultancy, the Hay Group, says engineering jobs are still in demand and fresh engineering graduates can expect to earn about S$2,745 per month. This is slig...

LONDON (AFP) - A 'rogue slug' sparked travel chaos in an English town after it crawled into a traffic light and caused a short circuit, officials said on Wednesday. Cars were brought to a standstill at a busy junction in Darlington, north-east England, when the lights failed on Friday...

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Each of these subcultures is the cause of a number of perceived problems by drivers and pedestrians. Road cyclists and commuters are seen to ‘hog’ road lanes. In addressing this complaint it can’t be stated clearly or more often enough – it is illegal to cycle on the footpath, except ...

With just a little bit of imagination, iPhone users have turned text messaging into something that is making waves all over the internet. Meet the 'iPhone Whale' -- whether you love it or hate it. Said STOMPer Willy in his contribution: "I was surfing Twitter when I suddenly saw all t...

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SRI AMAN (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - It was a heroic act but sadly the hero never got to savour the moment, let alone talk about it with pride. The excitement of having accomplished something out of the ordinary was probably too much for Awang Ahmad Awang Apek, 59, who died shortly...

AFTER keeping everyone guessing for years, Kumar has finally come out of the closet. In his new coffee table book, which was launched yesterday at 3-Monkeys Cafe and attended by Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, the local comedian admitted that h...

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The world's population will surge to seven billion next month and the challenge is not a lack of living space but how to empower disenfranchised women and girls, the United Nations said on Tuesday. -- PHOTO: AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) - The world's population will surge to seven billion nex...

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SINGAPORE - Wildlife Reserves Singapore has decided to cancel its popular "Halloween Horrors" event at the Night Safari. Students from Singapore Polytechnic, who've spent seven months organising "Halloween Horrors", said the abrupt cancellation of the annual event was unexpected. They...

This means that while Singapore is a great place to do business, firms here have not quite caught up with the world’s best when it comes to improving their own processes and developing more innovative products. Government operations, on the other hand, have been on the cutting edge of...

Indonesia and Vietnam agreed on Wednesday to establish joint patrols on their maritime border to improve security in the heavily disputed South China Sea, which is claimed almost entirely by China. -- PHOTO: AP JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia and Vietnam agreed on Wednesday to establish joi...

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Earlier we shared an infographic on some sobering unemployment numbers left behind by the recent recession. Here’s another infographic, this time another an easy (if painful) look at the history of recession in the United States since the Great Depression of the 1930s to today’s reces...

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SINGAPORE: A road safety survey released on Wednesday by insurance company, AXA, pins this irresponsible driving behaviour down to poor time management and lack of route planning. The three dangerous behaviours committed most often are going through traffic lights which have turned am...

This undated handout image recieved September 12, 2011 courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) shows a Loggerhead turtle near fishing nets. Improved fishing nets have saved tens of thousands of endangered sea turtles in recent years, but lack of regulatio...

SINGAPORE - To help building owners "green" their existing buildings, Minister of State for National Development, Brigadier-General (NS) Tan Chuan-Jin today announced a new scheme to lend them money to carry out such works. Called the Building Retrofit Energy Efficiency Financing (Bre...

SBS Transit will be adding some 200 train trips to its MRT services to cope with an expected rise in ridership during Formula One from Sept 21 to 26. -- ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN SBS Transit will be adding some 200 train trips to its MRT services to cope with an expected rise in rider...

MTV EXIT announced the release of Enslaved: An MTV EXIT Special at IndoChine, The Forbidden City at Clarke Quay on Tuesday evening. Campaign director of MTV EXIT, Matt Love , said, “Human trafficking and exploitation is modern day slavery. Traffickers do not discriminate as to whom th...

Congratulations on purchasing your 2011 FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX tickets! Not only are you one step closer to witnessing the thrilling night race spectacle, you now also have the opportunity to get up close and personal to meet and greet your favourite artistes during th...

Windows division president Steven Sinofsky stressed touchscreen tablets as he boasted of the diverse types of hardware that Windows 8 will run after its official release. -- PHOTO: REUTERS SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Microsoft on Tuesday pulled back the curtain on new Windows computer opera...

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SINGAPORE - Four youths accused of killing a 19-year-old student at the Downtown East entertainment hub in Pasir Ris, last year, have had their murder charges reduced to that of rioting. Chong Rui Hong and Ng Wei Lun, both 19, Puay De Feng, 20, and Jason Chew Wei Beng, 21, had faced t...

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WASHINGTON: The world's population will surge to seven billion next month and the challenge is not a lack of living space but how to empower disenfranchised women and girls, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The UN Population Fund (UNFPA), launching a movement called "7 billion Acti...

Workers at SMRT's Ulu Pandan depot putting up a steel-welded mesh fence in place of its old wire fence yesterday. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM By Royston Sim The drive to ramp up security is under way at SMRT's train depots following last month's security breach and the vandalism of a train...

The Public Warning System (PWS) is a network of sirens that the SCDF has placed at strategic points throughout the island. The purpose of this system is to warn the public of imminent threats that could endanger lives and property. The Public Warning System will be used to warn of att...

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More than 1.2 million people fell prey to cybercrime in 2010, a recent survey has revealed. -- ST PHOTO: MULIGAN RAJASEGERAN By Irene Tham More than 1.2 million people in Singapore fell prey to cybercrime in 2010, a recent survey has revealed. They were tricked into losing $247.6 mill...